The second D is to DO MORE than expected. Go the extra mile. A story is said that in 1908, Napoleon Hill Interviewed Andrew Carnegie, one of the most successful people in the history of the United States. He asked him “why do you pay your employees small salaries and yet you earn a lot from the business, on their sweat?” What do you think was the response by Andrew Carnegie? He said: “Whatever I earn, I invest it back into the business, to expand it and recruit more people so that they too have employment opportunities to win. Many…
The pandemic is a tightening noose
The period since March 2020 has not been an easy sail for majority of the people. Surviving before the pandemic was already hard. When the world was put under lockdown, the situation worsened. What started as a joke suddenly became a game-changer. When the Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, some people did not take it seriously because they had heard that the virus originated from Wuhan China. Before you travel to China, one tends to believe the news they have always received that the country is a copycat capital of the world and that many things from there are…
What keeps you up at night?
#mindspark #justforlaughs In 2020, Harvard University ran a series of thought leadership virtual sessions for friends of Harvard University in Africa, including the alumni and folks who subscribe to HU online resources and or online courses. As a Harvard Business Review magazine subscriber, I attended most of the sessions. And boy, they were great. The advantage of attending such sessions, you get up close and personal with some of the most contemporary thinkers. How they start their presentations. How they get introduced. You see the kind of PPT slide decks they use. The first words they say when they are…
Achieving success through better choices
Every parent wants their child to win. Below is what to tell your children: Success is an outcome of several small choices at each stage of life, as one grows. When I was young, I had my eyes on joining Munteme Technical School (TECO). In our village, everyone who had graduated from TECO was self-reliant. These are folks who had their own small carpentry business, mechanics shop, masonry outfits. They are the ones who were a reference point for village success. On the other hand, children who went to the opposite hill, Munteme Fatima College (MUFACO), to pursue secondary education,…
To win, change small and change often
If you want to progress, do not follow a person who posts having run 25 kilometres once a week. Follow the one who runs two km daily. Exceptional progress and change management are from small steps that are done consistently, not grand results that are one-off. Winners focus on the principle of small steps make the tremendous transformation. If you are just starting, it is easy to run two kilometres. And once you show up daily, you will soon see progress. However, running 25 km once a week may look fantastic. But not an easy foot to make. The chances…
“Love, you do not look fine”, My Coronavirus ordeal
I survived COVID-19 and I am happy to tell the story. By the time you read the last paragraph of this article, you will have learned how to beat COVID-19 and stop being scared by it. But first, a bit about my background for context. When you spend a lot of your early life with grandparents, you learn a great deal about so many things. Being a World War II veteran, Grandpa Atanansi Komunjara, was a living encyclopaedia of knowledge. Every night, after prayers, he spoke to me to sleep. Initially, he slept alone in a room. As years went…
